Pep: Amorim’s youth doesn’t matter if he has skills
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has said that Sporting Lisbon manager Ruben Amorim, who is the favourite to become Manchester United’s new manager to replace sacked Erik ten Hag, does not see the fact that Amorim is 39 years old. Which is considered young in the Premier League, as a problem. When he started with Barcelona B. He was only 37 years old and still managing a ufabet https://ufabet999.app team in Spain’s fourth division.
Pep continued, “As long as you have the knowledge and ability, nothing else matters. If you were to mention age, Lamine Yamal wouldn’t have been able to play football at 17. What’s important is talent. If you’re good, age doesn’t matter.”
As for the progress of Manchester United’s approach for Ruben Amorim, Simon Stones, BBC’s head of football, reported that discussions between Manchester United and Sporting Lisbon are still ongoing. It is not yet clear when a conclusion will be reached
Despite rumors that Manchester United will pay Amorim’s release clause of 10 million euros (370 million baht) to Sporting. There are reports from Portugal that Sporting are negotiating with Manchester United to pay Amorim’s coaching staff a total of around 5 million euros (185 million baht) in compensation. In addition, Sporting does not want Amorim to move teams immediately